(Not) Digging the footers

After a month of relative inactivity on the house, and a very unproductive Christmas break, digging finally started on the footers yesterday. Tommy very carefully laid out the outline of the house and found the level for the bottom of the footers. After a little discussion about the depth of the footers and how the concrete would be poured Tommy pulled his backhoe into place and began removing dirt for the footers. After a couple scoops Mike checked the level of rocks that Tommy had hit in the bottom of the ditch and unfortunately they were not deep enough to allow the footers to be poured underground.

After a little deliberation I decided to forego burying the footer and form up on top of the ground instead. As long as the inspector will approve it I will be pouring the footer and slab all at the same time. I began forming up today and will seek the inspector's approval tomorrow. I expect to have everything formed up by the end of the day Monday and have a crew come out and do the pour later in the week.

I'll try to post some more pictures tomorrow of what I'm doing with this.

Right now I'm listening to: "Five Years Time" by Noah and the Whale